Culture / Media
Culture Briefing
A Japan military media special, Bollywood's war films, and the "Cairo Year One" exhibition in London.
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Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Wednesday 24 February
Bollywood puckers up for first gay clinch
The prospect of India’s first on-screen gay liaison has made foreign media outlets hot under the collar but it is proving to be a different story on the sub-continent.
The Curator, episode 44
Markus Hippi selects stories on Delhi’s greenery, a Canadian-born Bollywood star, and a creative sound project set to vinyl in London.
The Globalist, episode 30
We ask what Khmer Rouge trials mean to Cambodians today and talk to Omar Qureshi of India’s largest Bollywood channel. Hugo McDonald checks in from Japan.
Culture / Radio
Arman FM, Afghanistan
In issue 01, Massood Sanjer led us through his working life as Afghanistan's number 1 DJ. Here Massood talks Monocle through his four-hour show in three clips. An Iranian love poem wishes Arman's 15 million listeners "good…
Culture / Television
Monocolumn
Monday 24 January
Currying favour with the Indian middle class
If you broadcast it they will watch – and cook! At least that’s the mission behind Eat Eat, India’s first 24-hour all-food television network, which debuts in the subcontinent today.
Affairs / Books
Bedroom renegade
Shobhaa De’s sex-filled novels and socialite lifestyle enthrall and infuriate Indians in equal measure. Her critics call her books trashy and newspaper columns inane, but supporters say she has done much to get a conserv…
Culture / Sport
Monocolumn
Thursday 16 May
Hit for six
The Indian Premier League has ignited the enthusiasm of locals – and provides further proof of the complicated yet integral part that cricket plays in Indian society.
Culture / Television
Dub be good to me
Across the world there are people who are literally being John Malkovich. Or Homer Simpson or Paris Hilton. And in their home nations the voices of dubbing artists are more famous than those of their Hollywood counterparts…
Business / Economics
Blue-Sky thinking
India’s economic boom has taken flight. Air traffic volumes are increasing exponentially – as is the pressure to service five million new passengers a year. That’s why KS Kohli and his Frankfinn training schools are making…
Affairs / Society
Asia Briefing
China finds itself left behind in the race to develop Mongolian resources, but its home-grown film industry will get to double in size.
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
Somaliland does democracy (while the rest of the world denies the country's existence), Yemen's president claims he's been a crime-fighting success (while his country goes into meltdown), and it's back to school in Gaza …
Culture / Graphic Design
India adds up
India has 600 million people under 25 and a burgeoning consumer society. How are brands courting these people? Monocle visits Mumbai’s advertising agencies to witness an atmosphere as heady as New York or London in their…
Edits / Food & Drink
Food briefing
The restaurants, food products and star dishes on table this month.
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Roman Polanski's new drama The Ghost, music picks from gospel to "geyser-pop", the new books we've been reading.
Culture / Radio
Kabul and Wireless
Each month in My Working Life, *Monocle* introduces you to a key figure in the world’s arts or media. First up is the host of Afghanistan’s most popular breakfast show. Massood Sanjer, 28, mocks ministers and makes fun of…
Culture / Television
Box fresh
Nine years ago, TV in Pakistan was decades behind India, with just two – state-run – channels and output that was mainly government propaganda. Today its mix of drag divas and campaigning reporters is challenging the old…
Culture / Arts
New creations
The best new books, music, art and films to keep you thoughtful and delighted in the coming months.
Affairs / Society
The world's top 25 most liveable cities
Months of good-natured, frequently late-night and occasionally jetlagged debate have resulted in this: our definitive (and a little subjective) guide to the world’s most liveable cities. Here’s how we came to our conclus…